Method for the manufacture of ornamental beaded fabrics.



R. O. TRUEB.

METHOD FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF ORNAMENTAL BEADED FABRICS.

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APPLICATION FILED DECMJ. 1918.

Patented Dec. 30,1919.

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RUDOLPH 0. TRUEB, or MURRAY HiLL PARK, NEW JERSEY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 30, 1919.

Application filed December 6, 1918. Serial No. 265,576.

To all whom itmay concern:

Be it known that I, RUDOLPH Orro Tnonn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Murray Hill Park, county of Union, and State of New Jersey, have invented a certain new and. useful Improved Method for the Manufacture of Ornamental Beaded Fabrics, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

This invention relates to manufacture of ornamental beading upon fabrics and consists in devising the method of stringing the beads upon the thread whereby they are'to be fastened upon the fabrics and winding thebeads and the thread upon a holder in sections, and in devising a holder therefor, and means for revolubly setting up the holder upon the frame, wherein the fabric to be ornamented by the beads is stretched, in whatever position may be most convenient for the operator.

Beads for ornamenting fabrics are sold strung on short pieces of thread or loose in boxes. In either case. the operator, app1ying the beads in ornamental embroidery has to string them on the thr ad, whereby they are to be affixed to the fabric. This preparation consumes a disproportionate part of the time of the skilled operator, and the object of my invention is to eliminate the loss of time by devising the above mentioned method, and the implement, illustrated in the accompanying drawin s, wherein:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the holder or winding blank for the beads strung on the thread;

Fig. 2 a rear elevation thereof;

Fig. 3 a top view of the holder set upon the arbor;

Fig. 4 a perspective view of the arbor;

Fig. 5 a front elevation of the socket for the arbor;

Fig. 6 a top view of one form of a bracket for holding the socket;

Fig. 7 is an elevation, part sectional view of the implement for rotatably mounting the holder on the frame showing arbor set in the socket, the socket set in the bracket and the bracket affi'xed to one bar of the em broidery frame;

Fig. 8 is a plan view of a part of the frame, whereon the fabric is stretched, showing the complete implement attached thereto;

Fig. 11 a sectional view of still another modified form thereof.

The blank a, is preferably stamped Of stiff cardboard in the form shown; the edges 1) being serrated, the indentations, or recesses, thus produced are approximately equal, and the projections between them separate the beads o, and the thread (Z in sections as much of the thread (Z as required for aiiixing the beads 0 upon the fabric being included in each section. which is of the kind and quality required to be used for ailixing the beads, are secured to the holder a. by gummed vignettes, or labels 6, whereo'n the grade, color and the size of the beads, the grade and thickness of the thread, etc, maybe noted in the usual way. Theslots f, one. in the upper, and one in the lower margin of the blank or are made to enable the latter to be stuck upon the blade 9 of thearbor, whose partiris round and loosely fitted into the bore 2' of the socket 7' so as to be easily rotatable therein. The middle part of this socket j is made polygonal to prevent its turning in the bracket 70, and its enlarged ends prevent the socket 7' being pushed, or pulled, out from the hold of the bracket; The position of the socket in the bracket is is shown. in Figs. 6 and 7 Bracket 70 is preferablymade of a strip of metal, shaped as shown in Figs. 6 and 7, and aflixed to one bar of the frame, by a screw Z, in whatever position may be most convenient, or desirable, for the operator aflixing the beads to the fabric stretched in the frame. A convenient position of the implement relatively to the frame is shown in Fig. 8. The selection of the position is largely a matter of choice, or individual peculiarity or disposition of the operator, and to meet the personal preferences of opera tors, I have devised the modified forms of the bracket illustrated in Figs. 9, 10 and 11. Both of these modified forms dispense with the necessity of affixing the bracket to one of the bars of the frame by a screw. They also facilitate the moving of the implement from one point to another, which the operator may consider more convenient as the work progresses.

The form of the bracket, illustrated in The ends of the thread 55 Figs. 9 and 10 is also made of a stri of metal by forming 011 one end thereo the clamping hook m, for affixing it to the bar of the frame, and one jaw n of the clamp for the socket on the other end. The other jaw n of the clamp is formed of another correspondingly shorter piece of the same metallic strip, and is then afiixed by rivets 0 to the shank of the jaw n. The jaws n and n are fairly springlike and permit of their being spread apart when the socket j is inserted, reacting thereafter to embrace its polygonal middle part and to hold it sufiiciently firm.

The bracket of the form shown in Fig. 11 is made of spun brass in the form of a cup 2 with a base 22. After the bracket is spun in this form, the slots 9, four or more, are cut in the cup, and parts of the base 39 are cut off to. form the clamping arms 1" and 1", whereby the bracket is held in its place upon a bar of the frame.

The stringing of the beads onto the thread, and winding of the thread with the beads strung thereon, upon the holder can well be done by helpers. The setting of the holder upon the blade of the arbor, or the fixing of the bracket, and of the socket set therein, upon the frame is quickly effected, and the skilled operator is enabled to devote all of her time to the applying of the beads upon the fabric. The use of theimplement facilitates a successive unwinding of the thread, and of the beads, as the work progresses, and the remaining supply of the thread, and of the beads, are kept on the holder out of the way. When beads of different colors or shapes'are used the implement herein shown and described enables the operator to readily and quickly change from beads of one color or shape to another. To do so the unused part of the thread is wound onto the holder and its end fastened in an incision which may be made with shears or knife in the edge of the blank, and then a holder whereon the beads of the requisite color or shape are wound, is set upon the blade of the arbor, the end of the thread is pulled out and the work resumed.

The method of stringing the beads onto the thread and winding the thread and the beads in sections upon the holder also greatly facilitates the keeping, in a handy and compact way, a supply of vari-colored and vari-shaped beads within a small space and very readily accessible; it saves beads, preventing their loss by spilling, and prevents the otherwise frequently happening trouble when loose beads of different colors or shapes get mixed. The implement for rotatably mounting the holder upon the frame helps essentially to make easier the work of the operators, saves a large proportion of their time, and results in largely increasing the volume of production.

Practical experience has 7 demonstrated that an embroidery worker, supplied with beads thus strung on the thread and wound in sections upon the holders, and with the device for rotatably setting up the holder upon the frame, is able to produce from 20 to 25% more embroidery work.

I claim as my invention:

The method of preparing beads for use in embroidering fabrics by stringing the beads in sections upon the thread to be used for affixing them in their places, winding the sections of the beads, and as much of the thread as required for the affixing of the beads to the fabric, upon a holder, each section of the beads and of the thread as one unit, and securing the ends of the thread to the holder; substantially as herein shown and described.

RUDOLPH O. TRUEB.

Witnesses:

CHARLES S. SKINNER, LOUISE KELLER. 

